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Riverview, Kansas

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Wichita City. It lies in ZIP code area 67204. It stands on Middle Fork Chisholm Creek. The Survey maps it on the Valley Center quadrangle.

Riverview within Sedgwick County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 19 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

207 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 207 fires within 5 miles of Riverview between 2015 and 2020, burning about 103 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 2 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined130
Debris and open burning39
Equipment and vehicle use12
Fireworks7
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Smoking4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Arson/incendiarism2
Natural2
Recreation and ceremony1
Other causes1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
4 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service49993
30 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSedgwick County56310
24 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSedgwick County55187
23 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service56360
22 September 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSedgwick County54752
1 August 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSedgwick County5447
7 July 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSedgwick County38858
6 July 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreKansas Forest Service40360

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sedgwick County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Riverview: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Miles Sand Inc. Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Oatville Sand & Gravel DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Ritchie Sand and Dredge PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Sedgwick County

Storms near this place

2 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Riverview in 2 storm reports in 2008: 2 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2008Thunderstorm WindRiverview-One-half inch hail occurred with the wind.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindRiverview-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Sedgwick County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Wichita Heights0.8 miles19
Park City2.4 miles19
Childs Acres3.8 miles20
Kechi4.0 miles19
Trails View4.1 miles19
Valley Center4.2 miles19
Bellaire4.5 miles19
Arthur Heights4.5 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 473846. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.